FARM HOUSING

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21211, 6 September 1940, Page 10

FARM HOUSING

REQUIREMENTS RESENTED CLAIMS OF GORDONTON Members of the Gordonton branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union expressed keen disappointment at the monthly meeting over the attitude of the State Advances Corporation in regard to loans to farmers for the purpose of increasing production. It was considered that the policy of lending only on good security would automatically rule out the “marginal farmer,” from whom the greatest expansion of production must come. There was considerable discussion on rural housing for married workmen, and strong exception was taken to the attitude of the Corporation in demanding that the Farmers’ Union should guarantee the rents of cottages six months in advance. It was pointed out that workers’ unions in the towns were not asked to guarantee the rents of State houses. It was further considered that to ask married men to occupy cottages that were admittedly sub-standard would not lead to harmony. It was decided to reject a proposal to build three temporary cottages for casual workers in Gordonton. The meeting decided to ask the Minister of Housing to give immediate consideration to the claims of Gordonton for the erection of three permanent comfortable cottages, for occupation by married men for farm work, the cottages to be build and rented in the same way as in the towns, without requiring a guarantee.